Cascadia

I first came to Cascadia, the term used to describe this region, in 1988 due to nothing short of a vision. I came often over the years, moved to Vancouver, BC in 2000, moved away again, and now have re-established Base Camp here among the Coast Mountains. ...

I just put down some of the places I went to, its extremely incomplete. I will have to go back and put in the details later.

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Travelling down the fault line in our aubergine machine, destination San Fran via Cascadia. We look forward to good food and drink, hot weather and new friends....

What is Cascadia?  WHERE is Cascadia?  Here's a good ...

... most of his time on significantly more mundane fabrications these days (bear toilet paper dispensers?!?). Onward! Next stop: The Chez Cascadia hostel in West Olympia (capital of Washington). This place was clean and organized. It's run by Jonas who ...

One of my best friends Dan Brown is getting married. I was one of the grooms men (not sure how I got the honor) and it was a pretty kick ass time. Left from Portland for LA to catch my flight to New ...

... heading back to the hotel for a much needed swim.  For dinner we went to Martini House which again the Cascadia Sommelier had recommended.  The setting was stunning the food was over complicated although some dishes shone, the duck and tapioca ...

... had to go and see that.  Movie was good and Robert's not too shabby either ;-)  We went in search of 'Cascadia' a restaurant recommended to us by Kells and Mono for it's mini burgers, and were dumbfounded to find it closed.  At a ...

... wine.  Now only a few more miles to go to my campsite, but I found two more wineries.  I stopped at the Cascadia Winery (apple wine!) and then went to Icile Ridge Winery which was a gorgeous winery.  The tasting room was a huge modern ...

... entry). We had fun trying to find our hotel because in the last month or 2, the Marriott Residence Inn changed it's name to Cascadia Hotel and Suites!    I felt embarrassed knocking on the door at 3am in the morning and asking if they ...

... lay ahead of us on Sunday. Little did we know when we set out for our hike on Sunday to the Rio Azul and Cascadia Escondida that we would be logging so many kilometers. I´m kicking myself for not bringing my pedometer, I´m curious how many miles we ...

woke up early in the morning to rent bikes and take the ride down to cascadia diablo something. it was alright but i thought the bike ride was scary at times (part of it was on a road with huge trucks) thankfully there wasn´t much traffic. ow, bike seats ...

... right, that dog is way tougher than you, Andrew. From this town, we drove into the mountains (but not very far) to La Cascadia de las Animas. I really wanted to kayak down the river but no one else would because it was very cold. They had all ...

One of the largest active faults in north america, the Cascadia subduction zone, runs parallel to Washington's coast, 32 to 70 miles offshore. Many of the beaches have tsunami warning signs and evacuation routes in the case of tidal waves caused by ...

... .  We were both so excited the night before she left we had to break out a GF carrot cupcake from New Cascadia bakery (such a delicacy).  I worked getting her iPod loaded with Rick Steves podcasts on Turkey and Greece, topics such as "Islam in ...

... least) and followed this small creek.  The whole area was very green and thick trees like most of this state, true Cascadia wilderness. After about a mile we discovered that the trail did in fact go up in order to get into the mountains, ...